The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

OS6rOe NNO SO0oSStuV6s
"A home without pets marks lives
without love.
1t il impossible to teach your child
more than you know.
"A writer in the Philadelphia Press
says that catalpas have . decided ad-
vantage where stock i allowed to run
out in that the stock will not eat them.
Fig Cake: Three pints Of -four.
one cup Of butter. enc cup sweet milk.
two and half cups Of sugar. whites OF
sixteen eggs. three teaspoonfuls Of
baking powder. one and half pounds
Of figs favored and cut in strips
Boston Budget.
The richest soil does not always
produce the healthiest vines or finest
grapes. Frequently the land may not
be worth five dollars an acre. while
the climate may be worth one hundred
dollars an acre for grape-growing.-
CAristidn at Work.
The signs of the times indicate
that the intensely lard hog that was in
great demand few years ago is to be
surplanted by the one that will furnish
tender. juicy meat. The hog supply
ing lard has to compete with the crop
of cottonseed oil. while the ham has
nothing to fear from competition
Indianapolis Journal.
Carrot juice may be used "a COL
oring for butter in place of annatto. it
is said. but better plan for coloring
the butter is to give the cows mess Of
sliced carrots daily. If preferred. they
may be cooked and fed with ground
grain. 1t is clsimed in favor of carrots
that they do not impart any disagreea-
BILE odor to the milk. -Iadidndpolis
Journal.
Raspberry Cream: Dissolve half .
box of gelatine in half pint of cold
water. add to it one small cup of sugar
and one pint of raspberry juice, strain
into tin pan; place the pan on ice and
stir until it thickens. then add pint of
whipped cream. stir until thoroughly
mixed. Pour in mold and stand in .
cold place to harden.-Louisrille COsIr-
Ter Journal.
Sponge Cake: Take three eggs
and beat one minute; add one and one
half cupfuls of granulated sugar, and
beat five minutes; one cupful of sifted
flour. and beat one minute; one-hah
cupful of water; now add another cup
full of flour with two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. beat one minute, tea
spoonful of vanilla, and pinch of salt.
Toledo Blade.
Baked Tomatoes: Pour the Juice from
a can of tomatoes. and save for soup.
Butter baking-dish and place layer
of bread crumbs in the bottom, then =
layer of tomatoes. and season with pep
per. salt and bits of butter. then moro
crumbs and tomatoes until the dish is
full. Strew crumbs over the top and
small pieces of butter. Bake in hot
oven.-Good Cheer.
Excellent Rolls: Take three pints Of
warm water in which some peeled Irish
potatoes have been boiled. strain your
water, add a tablespoonful Of butter or
lard. one teacupful of warm yeast;
thicken it with -four to make dough.
Let it stand to rise. then work into
rolls. Let it stand to rise fifteen or
twenty minutes, then bake about three
quarters of an hour. You can make
this into loaves. as it is a good bread
recipe.-Fdrner and Manufacturer.
Biscuits should be made and baked
very quickly in order to have them in
perfection. In a well-heated oven eight
is sufficient time to bake bis
cult brown. Baking powder biscuit
should be handled as little rs possible;
soda biscuit require more kneading.
Always mix the baking-powder thor
oughly through the flour before putting
them in the oven. Stale biscuit may
be restored to freshness by plunging
for an instant in cold water and then
set in the stove.-Indianapolis Sentinel.